March 2024 - Freestyle competition

[samale]

2 beers posted this morning.

 

[Caramel Ox]

2 beers collected today.

First time keg bottling and I didn’t get round to doing a test run so comments on the condition of the pet bottled beer are welcome.

 

[Twostage]

Mine's in the post too. I hope your postie has a strong back

 

[brewhaha]

3 beers being collected tomorrow

Cheers Leon, all 3 beers arrived safely today.

 

[brewhaha]

2 beers collected today.

First time keg bottling and I didn’t get round to doing a test run so comments on the condition of the pet bottled beer are welcome.

Both beers arrived safely today. Cheers!

 

[samale]

When is judging

 

[brewhaha]

When is judging

I was aiming for tomorrow but will hold till Saturday so your beers can have a chance to settle (fingers crossed they arrive tomorrow).

 

[samale]

Ok both are of the keg so they should be good to go

 

[brewhaha]

Ok both are of the keg so they should be good to go

Both beers arrived safely this morning. Cheers!

 

[samale]

How many have you received all together

 

[brewhaha]

How many have you received all together

10 beers from 5 brewers! And a lovely selection to boot; saisons, IPAs, lagers, a bitter & a stout!

Will make a start on judging tonight with a view that I'll likely need to finish tomorrow night!

 

[Leon103]

Happy judging

 

[Agentgonzo]

10 beers from 5 brewers! And a lovely selection to boot; saisons, IPAs, lagers, a bitter & a stout!

Will make a start on judging tonight with a view that I'll likely need to finish tomorrow night!

Loving the caddy

 

[brewhaha]

Thank you to all brewers who submitted entries this month. I thoroughly enjoyed the judging, particularly the wide range of styles and would definitely recommened others have a go at this category in future. Without further ado, here is the top 3:

1. @Leon103 - DIPA
2. @samale - dark lager
3. @pilgrimhudd - California common

Congratulations to the top 3, they were all superb beers. @Leon103, I will get your prize beers out to you next weekend as I'm off on holiday today!

I will post individual feedback by PMs today.

 

[Leon103]

Thank you to all brewers who submitted entries this month. I thoroughly enjoyed the judging, particularly the wide range of styles and would definitely recommened others have a go at this category in future. Without further ado, here is the top 3:

1. @Leon103 - DIPA
2. @samale - dark lager
3. @pilgrimhudd - California common

Congratulations to the top 3, they were all superb beers. @Leon103, I will get your prize beers out to you next weekend as I'm off on holiday today!

I will post individual feedback by PMs today.

Great news to wake up to, it's been a tough couple of days but this cheered me up. Thank for judging getting the feedback out soon(will get a cuppa and read now). Enjoy your holiday

 

[pilgrimhudd]

Ahh awesome, wasn't expecting that, glad you liked it and thanks for judging!

Congrats @Leon and @samale

 

[Twostage]

Well done winners and placers

And thanks to the judge @brewhaha

 

[Leon103]

Should have also said congrats to @samale and @pilgrimhudd

Like all my recipes, the DIPA is in my brewday thread.

Like usual, I have brewed a few times since updating this thread. Over the last few brews I have began to really question a few things, don't get me wrong the beer turns out good (perhaps by luck), but there are always mistakes. I learn from one and then something else goes wrong.

First beer was a DIPA which I brewed a few weeks ago and kegged last weekend. The beer turned out good and got some time to improve before it goes off to @Hoddy. Along with Dan we have brewed different DIPA's to help with the recipe development at Maverick Brew Co.

The plan was to brew a smaller than normal batch - too much DIPA might turn me into an alcoholic. Now this was the first and big issue, I use a 50l AIO, the water level would be too low for the planned 15l batch so I had to up it to 18l and adjust accordingly - more water, more grain. A nice thick mash with plenty of rice hulls. Hit all my numbers for a nice 8% session beer.

The other issue with this brew was the pump filter got blocked, will discard in the future.View attachment 96974

 

[samale]

Well done everyone. The dark lager didn't last long. I should make another with some slight adjustments from the feed back

 

[samale]

42 points for My dark lager, I will try and get the recipe together but it was inspired by lervig julebock. I had this before Christmas in Liverpool.
Well done @Leon103 and @pilgrimhudd. Always consistently high in the comps